EDC 503 School Data

Use the sites discussed in class to (1) assemble information about your school and (2) write one or more paragraphs for each type of information that you find.You should be able to combine these paragraphs, along with an introduction and conclusion to create a free standing, coherent, evidence-based description of your school.

Be sure that each of your paragraphs includes:

A strong topic sentence.
An explanation of why the data you chose to cite relates to the subject you are addressing, e.g. in a paragraph about the teaching at a school, you should state why you feel that the student/teacher ratio informs your judgement about the school's ability to provide high quality teaching. These sentences should be based on the definitions of some of these measures on the InfoWorks site, but can also include your own reasoning about the subject.
Multiple pieces of specific data to support your claim. Each measure should include a comparison, e.g. with state averages, so that the reader can judge whether the value is relatively high or low.
Include the students' view of the school when possible. Results from the student surveys can be found on the new Infoworks site.

Note: Tables are not provided on this page because it is possible to just copy and paste the tables from the Infoworks site directly in this page or into Evernote!
Useful Sources:

The RIDE Infoworks Site: http://infoworks.ride.ri.gov/
The school's past SALT visit reports.

School Demographics and Geographical Location

Dr. Michael H. Sullivan Community School is located in 435 Broadway Newport, RI and is one of 5 elementary schools in Newport School District. It is a public school that serves 286 students in grades PK-4.
The mission of the Dr. Michael H. Sullivan School is to provide and foster a nurturing and motivating learning environment where each child is encouraged to develop his/her potential, to become a lifelong learner, to respect and appreciate all diversities, and become a productive citizen. (education.com)

In 2011, Dr. M. H. Sullivan School had 11 students for every full-time equivalent teacher. The Rhode Island average is 13 students per full-time equivalent teacher.
Gender

Student Ethnicity

SurveyWorkes 2011-2012

Summary Paragraph(s)

The gender demographics are pretty even however when looking at the race demographics, it is pretty spread out between different races.

The gender demographics are pretty even however when looking at the race demographics, it is pretty spread out between different races. In the state of Rhode Island, 73.4% of kids are white, while only 36.1% in Dr. M.H. Sullivan school are white. The rest of the demographics include African American (33.3% in Newport and 9.1% in Rhode Island), Asian (0% in Newport and 4% in Rhode Island), and people with more than one race (50% in Newport and 17.4% in Rhode Island).

Newport, RI is located on the southern portion of an island in Rhode Island.Kids should never have to worry about going to school with the possibility of not having lunch; however 89% of them do, due to poverty in their town. About 26% of the students in the school are receiving Special Education Services, however, it is unclear if that is the percentage of students who receive it because they need it or because they qualify for it. (SurveyWorks,2011)

Newport is also a giant tourist place, therefore the area by the beach looks rather nice and upper class looking. However, there are many other parts of Newport that the tourists don't see, which is the area where the lower and middle class citizens live. This area is never really visited by tourists, causing them to think that Newport is one of the "rich" towns in Rhode Island, when in reality it is far from it (Rhode Island Department of Education, 2010).

Student Achievement

2013 Rhode Island School Accountability Summary

RI SCHOOL:	Dr. M. H. Sullivan School
RI DISTRICT:	Newport

				This School Is Classified As
Priority
School	District	State	Total Points
35.7	50.0	48.0	100.0

2011 Rhode Island School Report

Student Group

Index Proficiency Score, 2010-11

Percent of Students Tested, 2010-11

ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS

Target Score: 88.1

MATHEMATICS

Target Score: 80.9

ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS

Target Rate: 95.0%

MATHEMATICS

Target Rate: 95.0%

THIS SCHOOL

ERROR

TARGET MET?

THIS DISTRICT

THE STATE

THIS SCHOOL

ERROR

TARGET MET?

THIS DISTRICT

THE STATE

THIS SCHOOL

TARGET MET?

THIS DISTRICT

THE STATE

THIS SCHOOL

TARGET MET?

THIS DISTRICT

THE STATE

All Students

78.3

4.1

YES †

84.3

89.7

72.6

4.1

YES †

78.2

85.5

100

YES

100

99.7

100

YES

100

99.6

African-American

81.7

83.3

70.9

75.4

100

99.5

100

99.5

Asian

92.2

88.4

99.5

99.6

Hispanic

78.2

83.2

73.4

76.3

100

99.5

100

99.6

Native American

84.0

75.7

98.5

White

90.2

92.5

86.0

89.5

100

99.8

100

99.8

Students with Disabilities

61.2

71.8

56.3

66.1

100

98.7

100

98.6

English-Language Learners

75.3

69.3

99.0

99.4

Economically Disadvantaged Students

78.2

4.2

YES †

81.1

84.5

72.2

4.2

YES †

73.0

78.2

100

YES

100

99.7

100

YES

100

99.6

				Attendance Rate, 2009-10
Target: 90.0%
THIS SCHOOL	TARGET MET?	THIS DISTRICT	THE STATE
92.4	YES	93.2	94.5

	KEY:	Student group has too few students for evaluation. † Student group has fallen short of the target but has made sufficient progress.
NOTE:	For information on targets and classifications, please see Quick Guide.		This School Is Classified As:
Met AYP
TARGETS MET	TARGETS EVALUATED
9	9

AYP Report Card

Number of Targets Met:9
Areas that need improvement:African-American, Hispanic, students with disabilities, economically disadvantaged students & program- English language arts and mathematics